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Question 1208131:
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, timofer, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source):
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Answer without showing the steps, part (a)
-----algebraic mistake needs to be corrected.

~~How that was started~~; if 4x is the perimeter for the square then x is length of ONE SIDE of the square. Also 10-4x becomes circumference for the circle.

Maybe this is enough for you to fill in the steps.

Answer by timofer(104)   (Show Source):
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Take what the other post said. The original length is 10.
Cut to make both pieces into one square and one circle.
The question is to use x as the side of the square shape. This mean that its perimeter
must be 4x.

So what are the two cut lengths you start with?
4x for the square and 10-4x for the circumference of circle.

Area of square, .

Area if circle,
Circumference,
which means .

The circle's area then must be
or, .

The TOTAL ,
Or you put into what form you need.

MORE: If you want as combined for same denominator then .

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source):
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After manipulations of other tutors, the problem's formulation/description disappeared, by some mysterious way. So, I do not know what the original description is - I only may guess about it. But I see that the answers of the two tutors, @josgarithmetic and @timofer , are mathematically different and are NOT mathematically compatible each with the other. Based on my guessing about the original problem's formulation, I think that the solution and the answer by @timofer is correct, while the answer by @josgarithmetic is wrong.